Nizou Yamamoto
Biography
Nizou Yamamoto (山本 二三, Yamamoto Nizō) was born on 27 June 1953 in Fukue-shi (a town within Gotou City [Gotou-shi]), in Nagasaki Prefecture, and was one of the most well-known anime art directors and background artists in Japan. He was especially famous for his work on several of the Studio Ghibli films directed or produced by Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata including Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Princess Mononoke (1997), and Spirited Away (2001).
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Movies (26)
Sherlock Hound: The Movie
Art Direction (Art)
2024
The Making of Weathering with You
as Self
2020
Weathering with You
Painter (Art)
2019
Rainbow Fireflies
Background Designer (Art)
2012
Welcome to the Space Show
Background Designer (Art)
2010
Miyori's Forest
Director (Directing)
2009
The River's Light
Art Direction (Art)
2009
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Art Direction (Art)
2006
Spirited Away
Background Designer (Art)
2001
Perfect Blue
Background Designer (Art)
1998
Princess Mononoke
Art Direction (Art)
1997
Whisper of the Heart
Background Designer (Art)
1995
Open the Door
Art Direction (Art)
1995
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
Art Direction (Art)
1995
Coo of the Far Seas
Art Direction (Art)
1993
Only Yesterday
Background Designer (Art)
1991
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Art Direction (Art)
1989
Grave of the Fireflies
Art Direction (Art)
1988
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
Art Direction (Art)
1987
Robot Carnival
Art Designer (Art)
1987
Castle in the Sky
Art Direction (Art)
1986
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2
Art Direction (Art)
1984
Drifting Clouds
Background Designer (Art)
1982
Chie the Brat
Art Direction (Art)
1981
Future Boy Conan
Art Direction (Art)
1979
The Castle of Cagliostro
Background Designer (Art)
1979
